Alex Ovechkin Needs to Continue to Hit

The whole night the big two for Boston, Chara and Seidenberg, were lined up with Ovechkin each and every time he was on the ice.

It led to only one legitimate scoring chance for Ovechkin, which turned into a brilliant blocker save from Tim Thomas.

However, the real storyline was the amount Alex through his body around on the ice.

Ovechkin took run after run toward Zdeno Chara and other Bruins defensemen. This proved very effective in disrupting the Bruins, especially in the third period.

For the Capitals to be successful, there has to be some offense produced from the second and third lines. Ovechkin, however, is fine with laying the lumber and is doing his part offensively, as he is handcuffed by Big Z and Seidenberg.